For sure! It’s funny talking to Star Trek folks who recommend certain series right before listing all the awful stuff to skip. 

Honestly, for better or for worse, that gratuitousness is part of the tonal whiplash that’s the franchise’s signature.

“This is a deep, serious space opera where your complex, moral decisions shape the future of a galaxy.”

is entwined with

“dur hur hur. all the blue aliens are sexy gurls”

Mass Effect was never as smart…

Not the direction I expected a Firefly follow-up series to go in, but okay. 🤷‍♂️

Honestly, this article is pretty messy and all over the place.

“I’m waiiit-inggg~”

“That’s what you get for not buying a Disc Protection plan!” 

Cool. Looking forward to Jaina Proudmoore’s Kul Tiran Skateboarding coming out in 2026. 

I actually worked for a game company that did this. We had a somewhat popular game on PC and Console. One day, a mobile knock-off popped up in some app store overseas. The UI and art direction were spot on. Rather than shut them down, the company basically bought them out, rebranded the knockoff, and localized it…

🚨 WEE-WOO WEE-WOOO 🚨

(Star Trek voice) “Captain, I’m getting extremely high readings on the Hot Take monitor...”

I think folks’ interpretation of intent comes from the fact that the trailer was loudly broadcasting audio warning people that a bomb was going off, complete with a countdown.

Shitty Black Mirror episode pitch: An ordinary person wakes up one morning to discover, much to their horror, that everyone in the world has been turned into a Chuckster. 

If we’re counting late-to-the-party titles, I finally played Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and easily devoured 110+ hours of it. The game is “open world” enough to give a sense of freedom, but the mission-based deployment (choosing a mission from the interface, selecting the minimap drop-point, and only then do…

You mean it’s not a pull-pin logic puzzle game to save the butler dude from hot lava?

Does this mean they’re finally acknowledging Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 as canon? About damn time. 

They “live” on their local Facebook groups and online bubbles where they’re constant assured that their culture is being victimized.

Yes, Christmas trees are everywhere and lots of the holiday décor is explicitly Christmas-y (Santa Claus, red/green, etc.), but some sign said “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry…

To be fair, Tom Cruise has also acted in a variety of other genres. Despite Bruce Willis starring in Die Hard and other action flicks, his resume is varied enough that I rarely hear him referred to as an “action star”.

I have my doubts that the adaptation will bring us line delivery like this:

There are plenty of games where the character isn’t “identifiable” or is just a blank slate. What I think the article is trying to critique is the whole “Johnny is in your head” plot only works if that character is more than a blank slate.

If the slate is, indeed, blank, then there really isn’t a “problem” posed by…

Honestly, Allen had some great comedic chops when he was younger. I caught The Santa Clause the other day and had a good laugh at some of his improvised-feeling lines. 

now I have to find out what Bioware Fuckin™ is.